naturalism

(philosophy) the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms without recourse to spiritual or supernatural explanations ; an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description ;

naturalist

a biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology) ; an advocate of the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms ;

naturalization

changing the pronunciation of a borrowed word to agree with the borrowers' phonology; "the naturalization in English of many Italian words" ; the introduction of animals or plants to places where they flourish but are not indigenous ; the proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenship ; the quality of being brought into conformity with nature ;

naturalness

the likeness of a representation to the thing represented; "engineers strove to increase the naturalness of recorded music" ; the quality of being natural or based on natural principles; "he accepted the naturalness of death"; "the spontaneous naturalness of his manner" ; the quality of innocent naivete ;

nature

the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions; "it is his nature to help others" ; the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized; "it is the nature of fire to burn"; "the true nature of jealousy" ; a particular type of thing; "problems of this type are very difficult to solve"; "he's interested in trains and things of that nature"; "matters of a personal nature" ; the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc.; "they tried to preserve nature as they found it" ; a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe; "the laws of nature"; "nature has seen to it that men are stronger than women" ;

nature study

the study of animals and plants in the natural world (usually at an elementary level) ;

nature worship

a system of religion that deifies and worships natural forces and phenomena ;

naturism

going without clothes as a social practice ;

naturist

a person who practices nudity for reasons of health or religion ;

naturopath

a therapist who practices naturopathy ;

naturopathy

a method of treating disease using food and exercise and heat to assist the natural healing process ;

nauch

an intricate traditional dance in India performed by professional dancing girls ;

nauclea

small genus of evergreen tropical shrubs or trees with smooth leathery leaves ;

nauclea diderrichii

large African forest tree yielding a strong hard yellow to golden brown lumber; sometimes placed in genus Sarcocephalus ;

naucrates

a genus of Carangidae ;

naucrates ductor

small pelagic fish often accompanying sharks or mantas ;

naught

complete failure; "all my efforts led to naught" ; a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it" ;

naughtiness

an attribute of mischievous children ;

naumachia

a naval spectacle; a mock sea battle put on by the ancient Romans ;

naumachy

a naval spectacle; a mock sea battle put on by the ancient Romans ;

naupathia

motion sickness experienced while traveling on water ;

nauru

a small island in the central Pacific Ocean 2,800 miles southwest of Hawaii; in Micronesia west of the Gilbert Islands ; an island republic on Nauru Island; phosphate exports support the economy ;

nauru island

a small island in the central Pacific Ocean 2,800 miles southwest of Hawaii; in Micronesia west of the Gilbert Islands ;

nauruan

a native or inhabitant of Nauru ;

nausea

disgust so strong it makes you feel sick ; the state that precedes vomiting ;

nauseant

a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting ;

nauseatingness

extreme unpalatability to the mouth ;

naut mi

a unit of length used in navigation; equivalent to the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude; 1,852 meters ; a British unit of length equivalent to 1,853.18 meters (6,082 feet) ;

nautch

an intricate traditional dance in India performed by professional dancing girls ;

nautch dance

an intricate traditional dance in India performed by professional dancing girls ;

nautch girl

a professional dancing girl in India ;

nautical chain

a nautical unit of length (15 ft) ;

nautical linear unit

a linear unit of distance used in navigation ;

nautical mile

a unit of length used in navigation; equivalent to the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude; 1,852 meters ; a British unit of length equivalent to 1,853.18 meters (6,082 feet) ;

nautical signal flag

one of an international code of flag signals used between ships ;

nautilidae

spiral-shelled cephalopods ;

nautilus

cephalopod of the Indian and Pacific oceans having a spiral shell with pale pearly partitions ; cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells ; a submarine that is propelled by nuclear power ;

navaho

the Athapaskan language spoken by the Navaho ; a member of an Athapaskan people that migrated to Arizona and New Mexico and Utah ;

navajo

the Athapaskan language spoken by the Navaho ; a member of an Athapaskan people that migrated to Arizona and New Mexico and Utah ;

naval academy

an academy for training naval officers ;